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Bills to help the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indiana casinos both cope with competition for the public's entertainment dollars were approved this morning by the key fiscal committee of the Indiana House.

The proposals - Senate Bill 91, which sets up a loan system for the Speedway and the motorsports industry, and Senate Bill 528, which lets casinos save some on taxes - now go to the full House for likely amendments and votes.

Under changes made in the House Ways and Means Committee, the bills became interwoven as the House decided to tap revenue from the two horse-track racinos to make the ...